INTRODUCTION

Topic: The effect of long working hours

Title: The effect of long working hours on employee’s work life.

1.    Background

Working is an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money, according to Cambridge dictionary. In Indonesia itself, overtime by employees in Indonesia is allowed under certain conditions. Indonesian Law Number 13 of 2003 regarding Manpower (Labor Law) and its implementing regulation in Decree of Manpower and Transmigration Minister Number 102/MEN/VI/2004 regarding Overtime and Overtime Wages set these conditions. Based on the foregoing, employees are working overtime if the work time exceeds the seven hours per day in a six day work week, or the eight hours per day in a five day work week, or on weekly rest days, or on Indonesian public holidays.

Long working hours can be beneficial for both employees and companies. It provides the company with the flexibility to cover unexpected absences and changes in demand without hiring more staff and it gives employees extra income at a premium rate. However, long working hours has its disadvantages too. While many employees will happily take as much overtime as is available, there is growing scientific evidence that relying too much on overtime can lead to numerous problems for an operation. The long working hours definitely affect the employee’s work life. Work life integration is important to organizations, individual workers, families and societies as they can affect organizational/worker performance as well as non-work life functioning (Noon & Blyton, 2007). Furthermore, it is an important markers of societal well-being and can be used as a platform for harmonious employment relationships (Noon & Blyton, 2007).  The effect of long working hours are increased health problems, increased safety risk, decreased productivity, increased absenteeism, and etc.

Based on the previous paragraphs, long working hour is affects the employee’s work life. Specifically, this study might be help company and employee in solving the long working hours problems. 

2.    Research Questions

• What are the effects of long working hours?
• How to solve the long working hour problem?

3.    Research Objectives

• To identify the effect of long working hours.
• To identify how to solve the long working hours problem.  

4. Significance of the Study

This study aimed to inform the effect of long working hours on employee’s work life. This study also aimed to help company and employee solve the long working hours. This finding in this study aimed to find an effective and efficient working hour’s to maximize employee’s performance.

5. Organization of Thesis

The organization of this thesis is divided into 5 chapters as follows:

• Chapter I: Introduction

This chapter explains the background of this study, research questions, research objectives, significance of the study and the organization of thesis.

• Chapter II: Literature Study

This chapter explains about the knowledge, well as theoretical or methodological based on the topic.

• Chapter III: Methodology

This chapter explains how the research methods are used to collect the data, select the sample also about the process and types of analysis data.

• Chapter IV: Research and Discussion

This chapter explains the result and the problem solving also contain the analysis of data.

• Chapter V: Conclusion and Suggestion

This chapter contains the conclusion of the study and the recommendation for future research.